7 World Health Day This is a UN agreed day inspired by the World Health Organisation. This year it is pointing to the different impacts of Covid-19 around the world, and the way in which it has highlighted differences in health and access to health services. In many cases the differences reflect where people are […]

6 Bowel cancer awareness month April is bowel cancer awareness month. Maybe not the topic you want to think about, or talk about, just after Easter (or at any time), but it is the fourth most common cancer in the UK, and the second most fatal. 42,000 people are diagnosed with it each year –

5 National Pet Month April is National Pet month. Many people already had pets before Covid-19 arrived last year – they are generally much loved members of the family (dare one say that sometimes the relationship with them is more meaningful than with some human relatives?). Sadly, pets do not receive love and care in

Easter Saturday Rev Sara Jayne Rettie (Dalreoch UF Church)                  3rd April 2021   After the death of Jesus on Good Friday there was little time to bury his body.  Joseph of Arimathea wrapped the body of Christ in a linen cloth and placed it in an unused tomb, hastily sealing the entrance.  “The women who

DCT Holy Week Reflection – Good Friday   It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him. The notice of the accusation against him said: “The King of the Jews.” (Mark 15: 25-26). At noon the whole country was covered with darkness, which lasted for three hours. At three o’clock Jesus cried out with